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The Origins of the Investigation into Google Privacy Violations

on August 20, 2012

For the past two months, a fight has been raging in the blogosphere about whether Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer can take credit for spurring the government investigation that led to Google paying a $22.5 million for privacy violations.

Now the Journal has obtained the answer through documents and interviews: the Federal Trade Commission launched its investigation before Mr. Mayer brought it to their attention.

Date Published:08/20/2012
Original Publication:Wall Street Journal

Published in: Press , Privacy , Do Not Track